Moses continues reminding the people of Israel what the previous generation of Israelites did.

## Then we turned ##

This happens about 40 years after the events in Deuteronomy 1.

## we went around Mount Seir for many days ##

Possible meanings are 1) the Israelites journeyed around the mountain called Seir for a very long time or 2) Mount Seir refers to a section or region of land that the Israelites wandered in for a very long time.

## Mount Seir ##

This is an area south of the Dead Sea.